This Monday morning very bright and early Don Cheadle, Laura Dern, and Anna Kendrick will announce the 74th annual Golden Globe Predictions. Though the media likes to take easy shots at the Globes each year, if you look through their history of awardage their ratios of great decisions to bad ones is about the same as any organizations. What's more they definitely afford themselves the opportunity to be more daring than Oscar does with their doubled categories. The Comedy/Musical categories are sometimes wasted on star-f***ing it's true (The Tourist anyone?) but more often than not it allows for "lighter" fare which, let's face it, can age better than biopics or message movies to have its day in the sun.
Don Cheadle (Miles Ahead), Laura Dern (The Founder), and Anna Kendrick (Mike & Dave...) will announce. Only Cheadle might show up as a nominee...
What might be nominated this year? We've never claimed to be good at predicting the Globes but let's all ponder the possibilities together after the jump...
DRAMA PREDICTIONS
LION
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
MOONLIGHT
after that it's much trickier... and since we can't decide and they sometimes have ties let's get six nominees this year with these ones squeezing in...
FENCES
HACKSAW RIDGE
HIDDEN FIGURES
but there are so many possibilities...
ARRIVAL (though they don't always respond to sci-fi)
HELL OR HIGH WATER
SULLY
SILENCE
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (this would be just like them but eeewwww)
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
DRAMA ACTRESS PREDICTIONS
Amy Adams, Arrival
Taraji P Henson, Hidden Figures
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Natalie Portman, Jackie
and we're going to go out on a limb and say a fun shock of promoting a supporting campaign
Viola Davis, Fences
possible spoilers
Emily Blunt, Girl on the Train (the Globes are obsessed with her)
Ruth Negga, Loving
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
DRAMA ACTOR PREDICTIONS
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Tom Hanks, Sully
Denzel Washington, Fences
and we're crossing all our fingers and toes for...
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
possible spoillers...
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Michael Keaton, The Founder
Brad Pitt, Allied (it's the Globes!)
Chris Pine, Hell or High Water
COMEDY/MUSICAL PREDICTIONS
LA LA LAND
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
20TH CENTURY WOMEN
after that it's much trickier but let's say...
HAIL CAESAR
RULES DON'T APPLY (I know. I know. But this would be very much like the Globes)
could surprise...
THE LOBSTER
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
SING STREET
DEADPOOL
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (should have been a lock but people are alarmingly focused on December movies this year. It happens in some calendar years)
can we just weep that they don't include animated features here anymore because...
MOANA and ZOOTOPIA would have made wonderful nominees here.
COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTRESS PREDICTIONS
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
after that it's more difficult to say. Maybe...
Kate Beckinsale, Love & Friendship
Sally Field, Hello My Name is Doris
possible spoilers
Hailee Steinfeld, Edge of Seventeen
Susan Sarandon, The Meddler
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones's Baby (they do love the Zeéeeee)
COMEDY MUSICAL ACTOR PREDICTIONS
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
after that it's trickier but let's guess...
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
I'm going to go wayyy out on a limb for fun and say...
Don Cheadle, Miles Ahead
possible spoilers
Ryan Gosling and/or Russell Crowe, The Nice Guys
George Clooney, Hail Caesar
our worthy longshot fantasy
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Sing Street
FOREIGN FILM PREDICTIONS
Elle
Julieta (the Globes are much bigger fans of Almodóvar than the Oscars)
Toni Erdmann
competitive year but let's guess two films that aren't in foreign film Oscar play...
Aquarius
The Handmaiden
possible spoilers ...
Land of Mine
Neruda
The Salesman
Apprentice
Under the Shadow
P.S. WHAT IF THE GLOBES DIVVIED UP SUPPORTING, TOO?
Why should lead actors have all the Drama OR Comedy fun. They really should have two more acting categories if they're going to have such bifurcated pleasures. After all there are far more performances by supporting players each year than by leads. If the Globes did that wouldn't it be fun to see lists like so...?
NO MORE PREDICTIONS BUT FOR YOURS IN THE COMMENTS!